Posts by Emmeline II

Quote: Originally Posted by sesa70  I don't know if its our school or public school in general. we have a 'good' school, rated an 8. I just hate all of this.   I used to be so on board for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shami  Emmiline,  I just saw your post again.  I meant to respond to you earlier this week.  I am glad you have found a good routine for your kiddo.  I have never...

She'll likely be placed according to her age (schools seem to hate doing otherwise) and given extra help to get her up to speed.   Will she be going into 3rd or 4th grade? My ds just started third and it doesn't seem to me...

I got the reference but I haven't been through it; I can only recommend visiting wrightslaw.com if you haven't already.  

Psychosis is defined as "a serious mental disorder (as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality." Psychosis is an end-stage condition arising from a variety of possible causes. Anti-psychotic drugs control...

Generally, the school needs your permission to do a special education assessment (like Conners for ADHD). To figure out what they may and may not do I would go to your state department of education website and look for a document for...

  Though we did receive a really helpful evaluation from an OT once, it was only an intermediary step while we waited for a more comprehensive evaluation at the children's hospital clinic; there ds was evaluated by a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Heavenly  It is 2am and I can't sleep bc I am too worried and too busy researching trying to find some way to make his life easier or to somehow fix things.    I used to do...

Wikipedia says: "Vayarin is a once-daily formulation of phosphatidylserine-omega 3 compound, eicosapentaenoic acid-enriched, is a prescription medical food for the clinical treatment dietary management of certain lipid imbalance...

Quote: Originally Posted by ~cassie~  Is there anything else we can do?  It may be too late for this year, but is there something we can do for next year to minimize this issue?   I would put it in his IEP for...